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Achieving high milk yields, such as 8,500 litres per cow, requires meticulous attention to nutrition, especially regarding mineral and protein reserves. The primary focus for these high-producing cows is to build and maintain tissue and muscle reserves. These reserves serve as a “bank” during critical periods, such as calving and peak lactation, enabling cows to reach their production potential and get back in calf promptly.

With harvest now behind us and confidence returning to the lamb industry, many producers are turning their attention to rebuilding numbers and lifting on-farm productivity. After navigating challenging seasonal conditions, now is an ideal time to revisit some of the fundamentals of “The Engine Room” — the rumen.

With one of the coldest starts to summer on record, it feels almost ironic to be writing about heat stress—but warmer weather will arrive, and when it does, our cows will feel it quickly. Nutrition 101 tells us that a cow begins to experience heat stress when the heat generated by the cow is greater than the cow can lose through the environment. This often begins around 25°C but can be brought on at lower temperatures with high humidity.

Biting flies are a persistent challenge in dairy systems, contributing to cow stress, disrupted feeding behaviour, and inefficiencies in the dairy. Summer 2023/24 trials were conducted across SA and Vic to evaluate a new nutritional approach: TPM Boost FLY GO, a garlic-based supplement formulated for inclusion in dairy mineral mixes. The trials set out to measure its effectiveness in reducing cow irritation and improving herd behaviour, with promising results now ready to sha